TURKISH WAR OF INDEPENDENCE (1919-1923)

Above: The map of Turkey and her neighboring Countries (Click to enlarge

Turkey was known as the Sick Man of European. After World War I the victorious European allies decided to slice up the Ottoman Empire. This forced the Young Turk Government (CUP) to go into exile. The Ottoman Sultan knew that it was suicidal to resist the Allies but Kemal Ataturk, the firebrand young leader refused to give up. The birth of new Turkey is a symbol of his perseverance and tenacity to his ideals. He came to be named ‘Ataturk’ or Father of the Turks.